In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Iver like this:
IVER, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Eton district, Bucks. The village stands on the river Colne, near the Grand Junction canal and the boundary with Middlesex, 1½ mile WNW of Drayton r. station, and 2¾ SSW of Uxbridge; dates from ancient times; takes its name from Sir Roger de Ivery, who came in with William the Conqueror; is a scattered place; was once a market town; has still a fair on 10 and 11 July; is a seat of courts leet and baron; and has a post office under Uxbridge. ...
The parish comprises 6, 149 acres. Real property, £15, 336; of which £18 are in fisheries. Pop. in 1851, 1, 985; in 1861, 2, 114. Houses, 429. The property is subdivided. Thorney Farm is said to have been a residence of Oliver Cromwell. Richings Park, now the seat ofMeeking, Esq., was the residence of Lord Bathurst, frequented by the most distinguished wits of his. time; passed from him to the Earl of Hertford; and was frequented, under the auspices of Lady Hertford, by all the poets of her time. A walk adjoining it is specially associated with the memory of Pope, and bears the name of Pope's Walk. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Oxford. Value, £11 5. * Patron,Meeking, Esq. The church was restored in 1848, at a cost of £2, 800; and contains monuments to Sir George and Sir Edward Salter, carvers to Charles I. The p. curacy of Iver-Heath is a separate benefice. There are an endowed national school, and charities £117.-The subdistrict contains also four other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 17, 380. Pop., 5, 787. Houses, 1, 204.
Iver through time
Iver is now part of South Bucks district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Bucks has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Iver itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Iver, in South Bucks and Buckinghamshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6106
Date accessed: 06th November 2024
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